Shaun of the Dead is a lot of things, but there's two things it does in particular that are what make the film such a great piece of cinema: the first being its unashamed Britishness. Shaun and Ed's characters could literally be anyone, they possess the qualities of so many British people, that it's hard not to like and even love them. The mundane nature of normal life is satirised extremely well in Edgar Wright's film, and the zombies personify this so well that it feels effortless. But the gushing must stop, because this is after all, a list devoted to the greatest brotherhoods of all time, and Shaun and Ed undoubtedly win the award for the greatest 'bromance' in cinema history. Shaun and Ed's chemistry and relationship that borders on homoeroticism drives the film forward. One is a straight-lace, nine to five guy, the other is a lazy layabout whose only job is selling weed to whoever wants it. The two have major differences, but when there's zombies at the door, they have each others backs until the very end. In fact, even when Ed succumbs to the horde towards the end of the film, Shaun keeps him in the shed as his pet zombie. Now if that's not friendship, what is?
Joe is a freelance games journalist who, while not spending every waking minute selling himself to websites around the world, spends his free time writing. Most of it makes no sense, but when it does, he treats each article as if it were his Magnum Opus - with varying results.
